TERRITORIALITY

Nesting

• ground-dwelling mammals
• prairie dogs
• ground-dwelling insects
• ants and termites
• master-construction engineers
• hexagonal architecture--bees and wasps
• houses with ventilation--termites
• bower birds
• weaver ants
• beaver

• swallows
• prairie dogs

Agonism and territorial possession

hawk versus dove game

war of attrition model.

Territories for feeding and mating

• primate troops
• carnivores, such as felids and canids
• hares and rabbits
• birds, such as yellow-headed and red winged blackbirds

lek

• sage grouse
• manakins
• ungulate example**